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Margaret Wallace

Co-Founder at Playmatics

Margaret Wallace currently works as an Associate Professor of the Practice at Boston University, focusing on interactive media, gaming, generative AI, entrepreneurship, and media innovation. Margaret is also a Member of the Board of Directors for The Global Game Jam. Prior to these positions, Margaret was the Principal Consultant at KijiCo and the Co-Founder of Playmatics, where they defined business and product strategies for an award-winning game studio. Margaret has also held roles as the Head of Gaming Technology & Metaverse at Prasaga, a Professional Fellow at Royal College of Art, and a Corporate Faculty at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Margaret has extensive experience in the gaming industry and has worked with organizations such as Games for Change and Tilting Point in various capacities. Margaret was also the General Manager of Games for Change Accelerator, where they focused on strategic partnerships, technology, operations, and product development.

Margaret Wallace has a Bachelor of Science degree with Distinction from Boston University. Their field of study during this time is unspecified. Margaret also holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication Research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Margaret attended the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2020 for the Executive Program on Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy. Additionally, they pursued German language and cultural studies at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont and participated in the US State Department's Congress-Bundestag Program.

In terms of certifications, Margaret obtained the "Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions" certification from Coursera in July 2021, and the "Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere" certification in May 2021.

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Timeline

  • Co-Founder

    September, 2009 - present